The Diary Of Samuel Pepys Esquire F R S

Author : Samuel Pepys
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781397291318
Total Pages : 930 pages
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Download or read book The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esquire, F. R. S (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Pepys and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esquire, F. R. S To Samuel. Pepys ecockerell, -£sq.-.o'f Westbourne, my thanks are; in the first instance, more particularly-due, for the readiness and: liberalityinwith.whichhe entrustedto me the's Original Papers.before-mentioned, fas well as for 'the information. Which he was at all times ready to 500m municate cupon (elvery 5 circumstance connected with the history of his. Family; To Dr Bandinel, and'his Col leagues, Dr. Bliss and: Mr. Lawrence, 1. Am indebted in no small degree, for their personal attentions to me at Oxford; for the {zeal with which they forwarded my researches in the Bodleian Library, ahd the accuracy. And promptitude evinced by them in sup'erintending. The task of copying the ms. Letters. Nor should I forget tozex press my sense of the good offices. Renderedrto me during the progress of_ the. Work by Mr. William: . Upcott, of the London Institutionto whom'iz also'owe c0pies.of-some interesting zletters from the Evelyn Collection: In justice to. The Reverend. John Smith, (with whom I am notpe'r sonally it may be added, that he appears to have performed the task allotted to him, of deciphering -the. Short hand Diary, with diligente and fidelity, and to have spared neither time nor trouble ln the undertaking. The best account of Mr; Pepys occurs in the Supple -ment iq'gohlef's' Historical Dictionary; published xsoon after his death, and written, as-. I have reason to believe, by his relative Roger. Gale.. Some particularslmay. Also be obtained! Frolnight's Life of Dean Colet; Chal mers' s; Biographical Dictionary; scole's mssj', in the British Museum: the mss. In the Bodleian and' Pepysian Libraries, and the Cockerell Papers: braybroo, ke.i Audley 'endbmay'u, 1659-60. Blessed be God, at the end of the last year 11 was in very good health, without any sense of my old (pain; but upon taking of cold. I lived in Axe., Yard having my wife, and servant Jane, and no other 111 family than us three. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.